User talk:Roarkstata

This user is a student editor in Vanderbilt_University/Ethnic_Politics_(Spring_2021) .

This user is a student editor in Vanderbilt_University/Introduction_to_African_Politics_(Spring_2020) .

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Hello, Roarkstata, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:08, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! What type of help do you need on your article? Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm having trouble with the template infobox treaty. How do I add an image that is not on Wikipedia currently? Also, what is the code format to add words that link to another page in the infobox (for example, the language the treaty is in or the countries that signed it)

Roarkstata (talk) 00:04, 20 March 2020 (UTC)Roark[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Roarkstata/Buganda Agreement (1900)[edit]

A tag has been placed on User:Roarkstata/Buganda Agreement (1900) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

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Note: I suggest moving the page to Draft space. It's improper to use a subpage of your userpage to work on articles, and the redirect is also unencyclopedic. Thanks. Jusdafax (talk) 01:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Jusdafax, can you elaborate on this - per WP:UPYES, it's generally accepted that the userspace can be used as a place for works in progress. We do encourage students to copy only what they need, however this student is planning on revamping the entire page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:22, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problem on Buganda Agreement (1900)[edit]

Your additions to the above article include passages copied verbatim or nearly verbatim from a non-free source. This was detected by automatic plagiarism detection software. For copyright reasons, some of your contribution was deleted. Please review the Plagiarism and Copyright training module before proceeding further. Thanks. — Diannaa (talk) 12:26, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Diannaa! Roarstata, closely paraphrasing content is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes.

Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. Definitely make sure that you review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:16, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]